Support for the Kansas City Royals is surging across the Kansas City metropolitan area as the team prepares to face Oakland in Tuesday's do-or-die wild-card playoff game.

The Country Club Plaza has been blanketed in blue in preparation for the Royals' first postseason appearance since 1985. The Royals will be greeting fans near the J.C. Nichols Fountain between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. Tuesday.